Plots of enlightenment : education and the novel in eighteenth-century England /

Plots of enlightenment : education and the novel in eighteenth-century England /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barney, Richard A., 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [1999]
Subjects:
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Education in literature.
Psychological fiction, English > History and criticism.
Didactic fiction, English > History and criticism.
Education > England > History > 18th century.
Maturation (Psychology) in literature.
Knowledge, Theory of, in literature.
Enlightenment > England.
Bildungsromans > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • Lockean education, narrative metaphor, and the inflections of gender
  • Theatrical education and the thickening of plot
  • Pedagogical politics and the idea of public privacy
  • Robinson Crusoe, education, and schizophrenic narrative
  • Romancing the home: The female Quixote, Betsy Thoughtless, and the dream of feminine empire.